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I’m physically disabled and have various mental issues (ASD, ADHD, Bipolar, and some other minor things, all diagnosed). In Australia I find our medical system
by sen 4y ago
I’m physically disabled and have various mental issues (ASD, ADHD, Bipolar, and some other minor things, all diagnosed).
In Australia I find our medical system to be incredibly supportive of disabled people as long as you don’t go to the “bottom of the barrel” doctors (eg local big medical centres). Those places are purely set up to churn people through for sickie notes or basic scripts. Every town has “family practice” GPs and even with me having moved all over the country I’ve always found them to be very accomodating.
Almost any appointment can be done over the phone or Telehealth (government video conference system) if I don’t feel I can make it in that day. Scripts can also be done like that then SMSed to my phone, or emailed direct to my local pharmacy who drop the medications off same day for free (paid by government). If I do have to go in physically to an appointment, they always have my full medical record thanks to our MyGov system and have a tl;dr on the screen when I go in, so I’m not wasting time going over everything again and again (which is how it worked before MyGov).
Overall I love our medical system. It’s absolutely not perfect but I’ve lived overseas in a few places and despite loving the idea of living overseas again (and having various serious issues with other aspects of this country) I stay here purely for the medical support I get with my conditions.
- mianos 4y agoKeep in mind, if you follow economics, there is not enough money produced by working people to fund the growth of Medicare and NDIS. Not tax, even if they taxed everyone much much more, there will still not be enough money by 2027.